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The Linguistic Data Consortium at the University of Pennsylvania has an immediate opening for a programmer analyst to support our rapidly growing linguistic resource creation projects.

Programmer Analyst (#080725253)

Duties:

This position will support LDC's language resource creation projects by providing programming, technical and research support in a lead capacity. Primary responsibilities will be to design, develop and implement programming solutions and oversee all technical aspects of the projects; work with LDC's project managers, annotators, programmers, and clients to develop achievable plans for corpus or software development and successfully execute them; write annotation tools, data processing tools, web applications and other software necessary for the projects; support annotation workflow; support end-users; investigate technical issues that may arise during the life cycles of projects, and provide timely solutions to them as necessary; work with project managers to develop and execute tool and data specifications; coordinate a team of programmers to provide timely support of project goals; document tools and data formats; design, develop and implement creative solutions to various technical and research problems; interact with domain professionals at international meetings and via e-mail discussions; publish research and technical papers; pursue own research interests in relevant fields, as time allows, in order to seek new funding and research opportunities for the organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

- BS/BA in Computer Science or Computational Linguistics (advanced degree preferred) - At least one year of relevant work experience in linguistic resource creation or human language technology development - Strong programming skills in at least two of the following programming languages: Python, C++, Java and Perl - Proven record of success in project support or project management

For further information or to apply online please visit the website listed below; search postings for reference number 080725253.

Penn offers an excellent benefits package including medical/dental, retirement plans, tuition assistance and a minimum of 3 weeks paid vacation per year. The University of Pennsylvania is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

Positions contingent upon funding.

For more information about LDC and the programs we support, visit the website listed above.